YourNews: BC Awards 2017 winners revealed

Firms offering the brightest and best products for UK SMEs to compare, save and succeed have been commended with a BC Award.

Businesscomparison.com is the largest comparison site for UK SMEs. The BC Awards celebrate the businesses excelling when it comes to the energy, banking or finance products they offer small and medium sized enterprises. A judging panel of industry experts deliberated and picked out the banks, lenders and providers they felt should be recognised for what they provide to small businesses.

The judging criteria was focused on doing the right thing for customers, attitudes towards pricing, service and going the extra mile.

Mint Bridging beat off stiff competition to be named as Best Bridging Finance Lender.

Andrew Lazare, Managing Director of Mint Bridging said:

“The team at Mint Bridging works incredibly hard and we’re absolutely thrilled to receive this award. We attract more complex enquiries, since we only provide handcrafted loans and have a full in-house team that can respond faster. Mint’s notorious for supporting clients through the full term and we’re proud that our unique, entrepreneurial approach has been recognised by Businesscomparison.com.”

Aldermore won the award for Best Business Savings Bank Account.

Simon Healy, Managing Director of Savings comments:

We’re honoured to receive a Businesscomparison.com award for the Best Business Savings Bank Account this year. SMEs are the life-blood of the UK economy and we believe they should get the very best from their financial services, which is why we make it as easy as possible for them to make the most of their surplus cash. We take pride in delivering innovative products and offering a 15-minute online account opening process and we’re delighted to have been recognised for this.

“I’m really proud of my team and their hard work and would like to thank them for their achievements in helping to secure this accolade.”

The award for Best Invoice Finance Lender went to Bibby Financial Services.

UK Sales Director, Dave Golding said:

“Accessing the right funding is a key challenge for big and small businesses alike so we’re delighted to have been recognised by Businesscomparison.com as the Best Invoice Finance Lender.

“We’re a relationship-based funder, and this means that we get to know our clients businesses so that we can tailor funding solutions to meet their needs, both now and in the future.

“This is award testament to the hard work of our team across the country and the strong relationships we build both with our clients and the wider business community.”

Other winners include American Express, Natwest, Santander, Opus Energy, Tide, Funding Circle, Regentsmead and LDF.

Head of Businesscomparison.com Philip Brennan comments:

“Small business owners don’t have it easy. Starting up, growing and maintaining a successful enterprise is difficult but there are some fantastic providers out there who are offering quality solutions for our country’s entrepreneurs. The BC Awards exist to celebrate some of the brightest and best. Our judging panel of industry experts put their heads together to pick out the cream of the crop and we congratulate them all.”

See here for a full list of categories and winners.

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